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J. A. HURLEY.

CORK FULLER.

No. 350,308. Patented 0013.6, 1886.

- llllllllll I 1 UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

JOHN A. HURLEY, OF ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE F. F. ADAMS 00.,OF SAME PLACE.

CORK-PULLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent 1I0r350,308, dated October5, 1886.

Application filed J one 26, 1886.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN A. HURLEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Erie, in the county of Erie and State of Pennsylvania,

5 have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cork-Pullers; andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to machines for pulling corks from bottles and itconsists in certain improvements in the construction thereof, as will behereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claim.

My device is illustrated in the accompanying drawings as follows:

Figure l is a side elevation of the device, with parts broken out toshow construction.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view, enlarged size, of the plunger B detachedfrom the machine.

The construction of the machineis as follows:

A is a barrel having a flaring mouth to receive the nose of the bottle.A is a bracket supporting said barrel. a is an arm extending from saidbarrel, and is adapted to receive thejournal or fulcrum d of the leverD. The barrel A, bracket A, and arm a are cast together in one piece. Inthe barrel by the side of the arm a there is a slot, a, which is formedtherein at the time of casting.

B is a hollow plunger, which fits in the barrel A, and has on one sideof it rack-teeth 12 formed in it. These cogs or teeth are sunken,

3 5 and do not interfere with the movement of the plunger within thebarrel.

On the shaft or fulcrum d of the lever D there is secured asegment-gear, D, which enters the slota and engages the rack b. It will0 of course be seen that as the lever D is vibrated the plunger B willbe reciprocated.

G is a corkscrew-stem, which is journaled in the plunger B, and is freeto move vertically. On its lowerend is a corkscrew, O", and on its upperend a crank, O, by which it can be revolved.

The operation of the device is as follows: The corked bottle is placedwith its nose in the flared opening at the lower end of the barrel. Thisraises the corkscrew O, the

Serial No.206,301. (No model.)

stem 0, and the crank 0 up. By revolving the crank the corkscrew isdriven into the cork, and when it is in the crank will rest on top ofthe barrel, as shown in Fig. 1. The lever D is then drawn up, and thislifts the 5 plunger up, and it carries the crank, stem, and corkscrewup, and draws the cork out of the bottle up into the barrel.

In previous applications by me now pending in the Patent Office, filedOctober 5, 1885, 6c No. 179,044, and April 10, 1886, N 0. 198,471,

I have shown a barrel, plunger, and corkscrew similar to the one hereshown; but the means for raising the plunger is different. Theadvantages of this construction over the former is that there are fewerparts and the cost of construction is much less; and, also, the leveragein lifting the cork is the same at all positions of the lever, and alonger transverse movement of the plunger may be had so that longercorks can be pulled.

I do not claim'as invention the substitution of one well-known form oflever for another, broadly considered. Myinvention consists in theconstruction necessary to embody such a substitution.

I am aware of the patent to Richardson et al, No. 206,134, July 16,1878, cork-extractors, and therefore do not wish to be understood asclaiming any part of that construction.

What I claim as new is In a cork-puller, the combination, substantiallyas herein set forth, of the barrel A, having therein the slot a, theplunger B, fitting in said barrel and having on its surface oppositesaid slot a series of rack-teeth, b, sunk in its surface, the lever D,fulcrumed near said slot a and having thereon a segmentgear, D, whichenters said slot and meshes with the rack-teeth on said plunger, thecorko screw stem O,journaled in said plunger, and the cranks O,connected with said stem and seated on said plunger.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN A. HUBLEY.

Witnesses:

R031. H. PORTER, F. B. WHIPPLE.

